List of shipwrecks in August 1855
The list of shipwrecks in August 1855 includes ships sunk, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1855.
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1 August
2 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cavalier | The ship was driven ashore on Grand Manan, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to London. She was refloated on 10 August.[3] | |
Shamrock | The steamship ran aground in the Sound of Sunda. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Sligo.[4] She was refloated on 18 September and towed in to Campbeltown, Argyllshire.[5] |
3 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Indefatigable | The transport ship exploded and sank with the loss of three of her crew and a fourth reported missing.[6] | |
Naomi | The ship struck rocks off Falconera Island, Greee and sank. Her crew were rescued by Eliza Bower ( | |
Retriever | The barque capsized and sank in the River Mersey off Tranmere, Cheshire with the loss of two of her fourteen crew.[8][9][10][11] She was refloated on 18 August and was beached.[12] | |
Undine | The schooner ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated but consequently sank off Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Dunkerque, Nord, France.[10] |
4 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Endora | The steamship was wrecked at Constitución, Chile.[13] | |
Helen | The ship was driven ashore and damaged in Culzean Bay. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Ayr. She was refloated on 13 August and towed in to Ayr.[14][15] | |
Jane | The barque ran aground and wrecked on Lighthouse Island, off Syros, Greece. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Syros.[7] | |
Œa | The schooner was run into by Thisbe ( | |
Rayo | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Constitución.[13] |
6 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Juanita | The ship was driven ashore on the Barbary Coast. She was on a voyage from Bahia to Trieste. She was refloated and put in to Gibraltar in a leaky condition.[17] | |
Rob Roy | The ship was driven ashore in Mollens Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. She was refloated on 12 August and taken in to Belfast, County Antrim.[18][19] |
7 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Isabelle | The steamship struck rocks and Cabo Candor, Spain and sank. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Cádiz, Spain.[20] |
8 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Lady Bannerman | The ship was in collision with the gunboat Sainte Barbe ( | |
Rossiya | Crimean War, Bombardment of Sweaborg: The Fershampenuaz-class ship of the line was sunk at Sveaborg during an attack by French Navy and Royal Navy ships.[23] |
9 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Carleton | The full-rigged ship was wrecked off "Carysfoot", Falkland Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Caldera, Chile.[24] | |
Cottingham | The steamship ran aground on Gotland, Sweden. All on board, her crew and 133 passengers, were rescued. She was declared a total loss, but was salvaged in 1856 and rebuilt as the Swedish ship Prins Oscar.[25][26][27] | |
Mackintosh | The ship ran aground at Newburgh, Fife. She was on a voyage from Newburgh to the Firth of Forth.[28] | |
Sir Colin Campbell | The barque capsized at South Shields, County Durham. She was righted.[22] |
10 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Unicorn | The steamship ran aground at Hong Kong, China.[2] |
11 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Clown | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the South China Sea. Her crew were rescued by Paonshun ( | |
Dorothy and Mary | The schooner ran aground at Flensburg, Duchy of Holstein. She was refloated on 13 August and resumed her voyage.[27] | |
Fidentia | The ship was wrecked on the Bird Island Reef. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.[30] | |
Henry | The brigantine was run into by the steamship Vivid ( |
12 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Loire | The steamship ran agroun and was wrecked on the north point of Lundy Island, Devon, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Bordeaux, Gironde.[34] | |
Result | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to a Mediterranean port. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Charm ( |
13 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Gentleman | The brig ran aground on the Swineboden, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Memel, Prussia. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark in a leaky condition.[27] |
14 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Christiane Charlotte | The ship ran aground at Sønderho, Denmark and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Helsingborg to London, United Kingdom.[36] | |
Genius | The galeas ran aground at Sønderho. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to the Agger Canal, Denmark.[36] | |
Hudson | The brig was driven ashore at McMullen's Point, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[37] | |
Wellington | The Mersey Flat foundred off the Calf of Man, Isle of Man. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Peel, Isle of Man to Chester, Cheshire.[19] | |
HMS Wolverine | The Racer-class brig-sloop was wrecked on the Mosquito Coast in a hurricane. Her crew were rescued.[38] |
15 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Emily Maria | The Mersey Flat ran aground on the anchor of John ( | |
Science | The brig foundered.[40] |
16 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Elizabeth Grimmer | The barque was wrecked on the Jardanillos, off the coast of Cuba. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.[41][33] | |
Meteor | The brig was driven ashore at Klitmøller, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Swinemünde, Prussia.[7][42] |
17 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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John Beynon | The brig was run down by the steamship Imperatriz ( |
18 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Burlington | The steamship ran aground at Cuxhaven.[45] She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Hull, Yorkshire.[42] She was refloated on 20 August with assistance from Superb ( | |
Conquest | The ship ran aground at Teignmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Exmouth to Teignmouth. She was refloated and found to be leaky.[47] | |
Tory | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Brazil. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Maranhão, Brazil.[48] |
19 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ann and Susannah | The sloop struck The Skerries, Anglesey and sank. Her four crew were rescued by the Anglesey Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Dundalk, County Louth.[39][49] | |
Fenix | The brig was in collision with the troopship Mobile ( |
20 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Tugend | The ship was wrecked at Sodra Naseby, Öland, Sweden.[50] | |
Wemelina | The ship ran aground in the Wester Till and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Hamburg.[51][46] |
21 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Luck's All | The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by a steamboat.[52] | |
Saggitare | The ship caught fire whilst on a voyage from Gijón to Adra, Spain. She put in to Gibraltar, where she was scuttled.[47] |
22 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alma | The ship capsized in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Madras to Calcutta, India.[2] | |
John Bright | The ship ran aground on the Jack's Hole Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York, United States. She was refloated the next day and put back to Liverpool in a leaky condition.[53] |
23 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Lady Jocelyn | The steamship ran aground off Leander's Tower, Scutari, Ottoman Empire.[54][3] |
24 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Content | The barque was wrecked on the south coast of Saint Croix, Virgin Islands in a hurricane.[55] | |
Juliana | The ship was wrecked at Calicut.[56] | |
Maid of Mostyn | The ship was in collision with Ariadne ( | |
Prince Albert | The ship was wrecked on the Whale Rock, off Cannonier's Point, Mauritius. All on board, almost 400 people, were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Mauritius and London.[58] |
25 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Carl | The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands.[53] | |
Koh-i-Noor | The schooner was driven ashore and damaged in a hurricane at Barbadoes. She was refloated on 11 September.[59][38][60] | |
New City of Cork | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Barbadoes. Two of her crew were lost.[59][38] | |
William Large | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Barbadoes.[59][38] She was refloated on 11 September.[60] |
26 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Brothers | The schooner struck the quayside at Dundee, Forfarshire and was holed by her anchor. She then caught fire and sank due to her cargo of quicklime getting wet. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dundee.[53] | |
Charles | The schooner was in collision with the schooner Snowdrop ( | |
Content | The brig was lost off Saint Croix, Virgin Islands in a hurricane with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Martinique to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[38][61] | |
Ellen Campion | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Georgetown, Prince Edward Island, British North America. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island to a British port.[62] | |
Herald | The schooner was lost in Esquimaux Bay. She was on a voyage from Newburyport, Massachusetts to Labrador, British North America.[63] | |
Regulus | The barque was wrecked on The Skerries, Anglesey. Her eighteen crew were rescued by the Cemlyn Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Maranhão, Brazil.[64][49] |
27 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ebenezer | The ship was driven ashore in Baglan Bay. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Port Talbot, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 31 August and taken in to Port Talbot.[47] | |
Herald | The schooner was wrecked at Bonne-Espérance Province of Canada, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newburyport, Massachusetts to Labrador, British North America.[29][65] | |
Regulus | The ship ran aground on The Skerries, off Anglesey.[66] Her crew survived.[67] | |
HMS Vulture | The frigate ran aground off Hanko Head, Grand Duchy of Finland and was damaged. |
28 August
29 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Artistic | The ship departed from Swansea, Glamorgan for Huasco, Chile. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[68] | |
Jacob Prentiss | The ship was wrecked off Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[69] |
31 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Jacob Unger | The ship was severely damaged by an explosion in her cargo of coal at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Flensburg.[47] | |
Rainbow | The barque was wrecked off Key Vaccas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Havana, Cuba.[70][71] | |
Rising Sun | The ship ran aground in the Rio Grande and was wrecked.[16] | |
William Hendry | The schooner ran aground in the River Foyle. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Ardrossan, Ayrshire.[72] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Aberfoyle | The ship caught fire at Calcutta, India and was scuttled.[56] | |
Balaklava | The brig was wrecked on Gordon's Reef, off Deep Cove, Nova Scotia before 18 August.[3] | |
Ballarat | The steamship ran aground on the Seventeen Mile Reef before 4 August. She was refloated an put in to Ipswich, New South Wales, where she sank. She was later refloated and taken in to Brisbane, New South Wales for repairs.[73] | |
Broderene | Flag unknown | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Ouessant, Finistère, France before 14 August.[40] She was taken in to the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom by HMS Nautilus ( |
Canada | The ship was lost in La Poile Bay before 6 August. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[42] | |
Caro | The barque was wrecked at Constitución before 14 August.[6] | |
Charlotte | The ship was wrecked at False Point, India. She was on a voyage from Bombay to Calcutta.[56] | |
Childe Harold | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Barbary Coast before 14 August.[74] Her seventeen crew were rescued.[75] | |
Ellen | The brigantine was driven ashore at White Point, Cape North, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island, British North America to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated and taken in to Sydney, Nova Scotia.[71] | |
Endora | The steamship was wrecked at Constitución before 14 August.[6] | |
Flora McIvor | The barque was wrecked at Constitución before 14 August.[6] | |
General List | The ship sprang a leak in the Indian Ocean before 8 August. she was taken in tow by HCS Zenobia ( | |
Glencairn | The ship ran aground in the Magdalena River. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America. She was refloated and put in to Montreal, Province of Canada.[70] | |
Horsburg | The ship was wrecked at Valparaíso, Chile.[6] | |
Jessie | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Heligoland. Her crew were rescued by Carl ( | |
John Hamilton | The ship was abandoned in the Indian Ocean before 16 August. She was on a voyage from Bombay to the Clyde.[77] | |
Kestrel | The ship struck a sunken rock off Canna, Inner Hebrides and foundered. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Memel, Prussia.[47][78] | |
Leonor | The brig was wrecked at Constitución before 14 August.[6] | |
Pepita | The barque ran aground on the Placa de los Roques, off the Bahamas Banks and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put in to Matanzas, Cuba, where she arrived on 14 August.[37] | |
Queen Victoria | The brig was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Bergen ( | |
Raya | The steamship was wrecked at Constitución before 14 August.[6] | |
Robert Barbour | The ship was wrecked in the New Bedford Channel before 8 August. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Calcutta.[5] | |
Robert Robinson | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 1 August.[80] | |
William Cole | The full-rigged ship was wrecked in San Antonio Bay.[6][81] She was on a voyage from Valparaíso to Caldera, Chile.[82] |
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